Greetings!
Tomorrow at the market - gourmet to-go - I can't believe how cold it is out there today. It is certainly weather for soups and rib hugging dishes to eat in the comfort of your own home instead of going out in the cold.
We have some dishes prepared for tomorrow's St. Lawrence Market that you may be interested in besides all of of hors d'oeuvres and appetizers. OR, if you are really hungry you can call us and pick up at our catering kitchen this evening - by appointment only. Check below for the menu Click.
Our Winter Cooking Class Schedule of hands-on cooking class is on-line. We have some of the favorites and also some new and exciting ones that you haven't heard of. Classing are filling fast, so take a look at our calendar and book your class as soon as you can. Click here to see our Schedule
The next class (an new and exciting one) that we have some space left in is:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 6pm - 9pmPasta a Mano - Italian Roots in Local Soil-Pasta from Scratch - see below for the overview
Winter Cooking Class Schedule
Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think would like to know about us and what we have to offer.
Thanks,
Karen
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Here are Some Items you can pick up this weekend at St. Lawrence Market, or if you call ahead you can pick up at our catering facility
Soups ($6.00 two servings or 6 cocktail servings)
Caramelized Apple, Ginger and Squash
(we will be sampling this item on Saturday at the Market)
Spicy Yellow Pepper and Caper
Red Pepper and Fennel
Entre ($8.00 to 12.99)
In a Hurry Veggie Curry Pie
Don't Worry Chicken Curry Pie
Fresh Salmon Pasta with a Dill, Vodka Cream Sauce
Stuffed Chicken Breast in Phyllo
Exotic Vegetarian Moroccan in Phyllo
Lasagna (Vegetarian)
Moroccan Lentil and Sweet Potato Tangine
(we will be sampling this item on Saturday at the Market)
Pork and Apricot Tangine - just add potatoes or Fresh Bread
Sides or Veggie Main (from $3.45 to $8.00)
Purple, Sweet & Yukon Gold Potato Galette
(beautiful presentation)
Stuffed Baby Delucata Squash
Jeweled Couscous
Figs and Red Cabbage Salad
Exotic Vegetarian Moroccan in Phyllo
AND MORE...
Desserts (from $3.75 to $5.99)
Orange Blossom Cake
Viva's Chocolate Cake
Rice Pudding with Dried Cranberries, Apricots & Almonds
Cinnamon Chocolate Cookie Brittle
NEW FOR THE MARKET
Our Muffins (Ginger Lime, Banana Chocolate, Raspberry Chocolate and Savoury Cheddar and Worcestershire, Blueberry Orange)
We will have our usual Three Pesto Torta, Chicken Basil and Cashew Pate, Empanadas, Quesadillas, dips (VIVAcious Guacamole and more), crostini, cocktail nuts and seeds and more......
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Viva Tastings Cooking Classes
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
6pm - 9pm
Pasta a Mano - Italian Roots in Loca
Soil - Pasta from Scratch
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A
fun evening of pasta, vino and music, celebrating Italian traditions
and local foods. Viva Tastings as you know is committed to using fresh
local ingredients in all of our foods and we will demonstrate how easy
this can be by working with you to creating a meal focusing on
traditional Italian pasta in local soil.
Angelo Bean, producer
of one of the 100 foods (his artisan sausages) you should eat before
you die - Toronto Life) will lead an entertaining totally hands-on
pasta-making workshop featuring local and Italian ingredients. Angelo,
born and raised in Italy will share recipes handed down from his
grandmother. Karen from Viva Tastings, born in Toronto with Italian
roots, will be working along side Angelo to create a memorable evening
that you will not forget.
You will make two types of pasta:
cavatelli, and stracci using your hands and old-fashioned tools and the
pastas will be served with two distinct sauces. We will show you how
to cook wholesome pasta sauces using the proverbial open cupboard
approach... the cucina povera of our Italian ancestors. At the end of
the evening we will sit down and enjoy a full range of antipasti and
selected wine samples to match pasta dishes you created that evening.
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Other NEW Classes to check out this Season:
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - Slow Food Tasting Menu
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - Chocolate and Savoury
Wednesday, February 11, 2008 - Couples Cooking Together
Valentine's Day Dinner
Wednesday, February 11, 2008 - Couples Cooking Together
Valentine's Day Dinner
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE or TO SEE WHAT OTHER
CLASSES ARE COMING UP.
Our Price: $ 90.00 per person per class
Book Ahead Offer - Three Classes: $ 225.00 per person (a savings of $45)
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Stay tuned for the introduction of our New Services - see sidebar for an overview >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If you need any catering over the next few months for the holiday season, please give me a call or email me at
karen@vivatastings.com - dates are filling in fast... Make sure you book well in advance.
Sincerely,
Karen Viva-Haynes
Viva Tastings
416-506-0054
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 Valentines Events at
Viva Tastings
Feb. 11 & Feb 12
Couples Cooking Together Class with candle-lit dinner and wine at the end of class
Feb. 14 - In the UNDERGROUND at
'Six Degrees of Separation' - Couples Dinning together with other like minded foodie couples for a chefs table dinning experience
TIME: 7pm
The menu is a secret.
You have to know someone who knows someone to RSVP
Call 416-506-0054
Donation: $180 per couple all inclusive
BYO - wine
Location TBD
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RETAIL
St. Lawrence Farmer's Market
North Side of
Front Street
across from the
main building
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Every Saturday
morning
from 6am to 2pm
OR
Visit our Catering
Facility to pick-up orders or just browse
(near U of T)
BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY
CALL 416-506-0054
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What else do we do?
Chef's Table Dining Parties in our state of the art catering kitchen - twice monthly starting November 20th. More details in our next newslette.
New Catering menus - from small private parties, large corporate lunches and events and weddings...full service - call us or email for a proposal. 416-506-0054
kare@vivatastings.com
Gourmet Dinners
- Order ahead and pick-up at our catering facility for yourself OR give
as a gift to parents who have just had a baby, a sick friend or family
member, your client who has just bought a home or is in the midst of
renovation (we will arrange delivery). Or just because you want to be
nice ....
Gifts for Special Occasions: Viva
Tastings can put together wonderful gourmet food baskets for your
friends, corporate clients. Or, give them a gift certificate towards a
cooking class or dinners to go...,
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Chef and Owner
Karen Viva-Haynes
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Cordon Bleu trained, Karen has been featured in the Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, The National Post, City Bites and Edible Toronto where her commitment to Local, Fresh, Artisanal, Organic and Sustainible has been written about.
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We promise that you
don't have to dress
like this to participate
in one of our Valentine's
Day events.
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